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The Shakertown Pledge is a written oath created to draw attention to the inequality of worldwide wealth distribution. It was written on April 30, 1973, in a town near Lexington, Kentucky , which was historically connected to the Shaker Movement .
The church's 2010 Earth Care Pledge summarizes critical aspects of creation restoration in four resolutions: worship, education, energy-efficient church facilities, and community outreach for environmental justice. Denominational resources on earth-care for local congregations stay available for distribution. [56]
The Live Earth Pledge (or the Seven Point Pledge) is a petition promulgated by the Live Earth campaign, urging governments to adopt a variety of environmental protection laws. The pledge was spearheaded by Live Earth founder Al Gore , consists of seven points "directly designed to put pressure on governments and on businesses, but do so by ...
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) [1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.
Buddhist monks in Cambodia on a march in the Areng Valley in support of environmental conservation.. Religion and environmentalism is an emerging interdisciplinary subfield in the academic disciplines of religious studies, religious ethics, the sociology of religion, and theology amongst others, with environmentalism and ecological principles as a primary focus.
To look after the Earth, and thus God's dominion, is the responsibility of the Christian steward. A useful quote explaining stewardship can be found in Psalm 24:1: "The Earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it". A broader concept of stewardship is illustrated in Jesus’ parable of the "talents", which ...
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Earth Day Sunday is a semi-religious holiday that some Christian churches in the United States celebrate on the Sunday before Earth Day (Earth Day Sunday is always on the third Sunday in April). The day is to raise awareness of the issue of the environment. Earth Day Sunday is also known as Earth Sunday.